US1821245A - Spacer guide - Google Patents

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Sept. 1, 1931. F. L. G. STRAUBEL 1,821,245

v SPACER GUIDE Filed Marbb s. 1950 Mi 7 7 6155} iiieder Z075 I6 Sf faaid Patented Sept. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT v OFFICE I FREDERICK no. STRAUBEL, or'enEiiN BAY, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR .TOTHE Aura MATIC FILE & INDEX coivrraNy, or GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, A coRroa-ATIoN OF WISCONSIN SPACER GUIDE Application filed March 3, 1930. Serial No. 432,752.

The invention relates to spacer guides for use in file drawers and more particularly it relates to improved spacer guides operable for use in both vertical and inclined posi- [5 tions in drawers having either a stationary to the drawer guide rod as to tend to pack or distort the contents between two adjacent guides following this inclination to the vertical as a result of tilting the end panel of the drawer outwardly. The invention contemplates the provision of improved'means for fastening spacer guides to the longitudinal guide rod with which file drawers are usually equipped, and an object of the invention is the provision of improved fastening 5 means for guides so constructed as to permit the guides to be easily rotated about an axis transverse to the guide rod and to be moved longitudinally of the rod as desired. Still another object is the provision of improved fastening means for spacer guides which also serve as spacers" fixing the minimum space between adjacent guides and thereby permit documents or material positioned therebetween to be freely removed and replaced without danger ofs oil or injury to such documents.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the kind described, which is simple, compact, durable, reliable, eflicient and satisfactory for its intended purpose. Y I

, Still another object is to generally improve spacer guides of the kind described.

Many other objectsand advantages of the constructionherein described and shown will be obvious to those skilled in the art, from the disclosure herein given.

To this end my invention consists in the r novel construction, arrangementand combination of parts herein described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts, i x

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a spacer guide embodying the device of my invention;

Fig. 2' is a view of a file drawer having a plurality of the spacer guides embodying the device of myinvention mounted therein;

Fig. 3 isa view of a fragmentary portion of a spacer guide showing the improved fastening device comprising my invention drawn to a larger scale; and

F ig. 4 is a section along the line 1-4 of Fig.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral generally'designates a spacer guide embodying the device of my invention, a plurality of which are shown inoperative position in a file drawer 1 1. s The drawer 14 has a tilting front end panel 15, which, when in expanded position, as shown in Fig. 2, permits the spacer guides contained therein to be inclined to the vertical at a con venient angle in either direction.

Each ofthe guides '10 comprises a sheet'of material 11, preferably carboard, equipped with a metal tab 12 having a window 18 therein for indexing the panel or contents of the drawer which it precedes.

A guide rod 16, extending the full length of the drawer 14, is positioned in a depressed channel (not shown) at the bottom of the drawer. v a

The invention resides in improved means for fastening the spacer guide 10 to the guide rod .16, such means being so constructed as to permit the guide to be moved longitudinally of the rod and drawer and to be rotated about an axis transverse to the guide rod.

The fastening means includes a plate 17 having its ends curved back and positioned one on either side of the sheet 11 by a plurality of rivets or eyelets 18 extending through the oppositely positioned end portions of the plate and the interposed sheet '11. iThe plate 17 has its middle portion projecting below the sheet-11 and so folded or .turned back upon itself as to form a pair. of

. erly spaced and increases the amount of space aligned horizontal tubular members 19, separated by a recess 20. A pin member 21 is pivotally mounted in the tubular members 19 and has its mid portion bent to form a downwardly extending vertical loop member 22 projecting from the recess 20. The recess 20 is so arranged as to provide room between the edges of the plate 17 which form the upper boundary of the recess, and the upper face of the loop member 22 that the guide rod 16 may be inserted therethrough to a close sliding fit.

The sheet 11 is so fastened to the guide rod 16 as to permit the spacer guide 10 to be moved in the drawer 1d longitudinally of the rod and to be rotated either forwardly or rearwardly at an inclination to the vertical. For this purpose, I have mounted the plate 17 upon the lower edge of the sheet 11, the plate being folded back upon itself so that the ends are positioned'one on each side of the sheet. Oppositely positioned ends of the plate 17 are fastened together and to the interposed sheet 11 by means of rivets or eyelets 18. The middle portion of the sheet 17 projects downwardly below the bottom edge of the sheet 11 and forms a pair of aligned horizontal tubular members 19 separated by the recess or aperture 20. A pin member 21 is mounted in the tubular members 19 and has its mid portion projecting downwardly to form a loop member 22 in the recess 20.. In mounting the spacer guides 10 in the drawer 14, the guide rod 16 is inserted in the recess 20 between the edge of the plate 17 and the loop member 22. The loop member 22 is given such a curvature as causes it to cooperate with the under face of the guide rod 16, fitting the same sufliciently close to permit only slight rotation of the pin 21 relative to the guide rod 16 but permitting it to be slid along the rod. The tubular members 19 provide hinged connections'between the sheet 11 and the pin 21 so that the sheet 11 is-not only rotatable to either forward or rearwardly inclined positions, but may also be moved longitudinally of the drawer by sliding the plate 17 and the pin member 21 along the rod 16. Each of the guides 10 are thereby held spaced apart a distance determined by the diameter of the tubular members 19 regardless of whether'the guides are inclined forwardly or rearwardly or are in vertical position. The 'V-shaped space 28 in the drawer 14: provides a wide free opening 29 in the drawer bottom by reason of the adjacent spacer guides being tilted, one forwardly and the other baclrwardly about their respective tubular members 19 as axes.

This construction keeps all the guides propat the bottom oftheV-spread for better removal and insertion of documents positioned between the guides. The contents of the drawer are thus saved against mutilation in removing or replacing as well as against soiling and other injury and wear and tear.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction,

arrangement and combination of parts herein described and shown, or uses mentioned.

WVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a sheet of material, a plate member mounted on the lower portion of and project ing downwardly beyond the lower edge of said sheet, said plate having a recess in its projecting portion, said projecting portion forming a pair of horizontally aligned tubular members positioned on opposite sides of said recess, a pin pivotally mounted in the tubular members, said pin having a downwardly extending loop portion positioned between said tubular members for the purpose described.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a sheet of material, a plate member mounted on the lower portion of and projecting downwardly beyond the lower edge of said sheet, said plate having a recess in its projecting portion extending upwardly to the lower edge of the sheet, the projecting portion of the sheet comprising a pair of horizontally aligned tubular members positioned on opposite sides of said recess, a pin pivotally mounted in the tubular members, said pin having a downwardly extending loop portion positioned between said tubular members for the purpose described.

3. A device of the kind described compris ing a sheet of rigid material, a plate member mounted on the lower portion of and projecting downwardly beyond the lower edge of said sheet, said plate member having a recess in its projecting portion extending upwardly to the lower edge of the sheet, the projecting portion of the sheet being turned upwardly to form horizontally aligned tubular members, a pin pivotally mounted in the tubular members, said pin having a downwardly extending loop portion positioned between the inner ends of the tubular members for the purpose described. 4. In a device of the kind described, a shee of material, and means for pivotally and slidably fastening said sheet on a rod. said means comprising a pair of aligned tubular mem bers projecting downwardly from the sheet on opposite sides of the rod, and a pin mounted in the tubular members with its mid portion looped underneath to cooperatively engage said rod.

5. In a device of the kind described, a sheet of material and means for pivotally and slidably fastenlng said sheet on a rod,said means comprising a plate member fastened on the lower portion o l' the sheet, the lower edge of said plate member having aligned tubular members thereon, said plate membefihaving a recess between said tubular members, a pin member pivotally mounted in said tubular members with its mid portion looped downwardly, the recessed edge of the plate and the looped portion of the pin being spaced apart to permit the insertion of said rod therebetween with the loop portion of the pin cooperatively engaging said rod.

6. The combination of a filing drawer having a longitudinally extending guide rod positioned in the bottom of the drawer with a spacer sheet mounted in the drawer transversely to the rod, apair of aligned tubular i spacing device pivotally mounted and longitudinally movable upon the rod, said device comprising a sheet of material, a pair of aligned tubular members adjacent the lower edge of the sheet, said tubular members being positioned on opposite sides of the rod, a pin member rotatably mounted in said tubular members, the mid portion of said pin being looped downwardly and cooperatively engaging the lower face of the rod.

8. The combination of a filing drawer having a guide rod positioned therein with a spacing device pivotally mounted and longitudinally movable upon the rod, said device comprising a sheet of material, a pair of aligned horizontally extending tubular members adjacent the lower edge of the sheet and positioned on opposite sides of the rod,

a pin member rotatably mounted in said tubular members, the mid portion of said pin member being looped downwardly and cooperzciitively engaging the lower face of said ro 9. The combination of a filing drawer having a longitudinally extending guide rod positioned in the bottom of the drawer with a spacer sheet mounted in the drawer transversely to the rod, a plate member mounted on the lower portion of and projecting downwardly beyond the lower edge of the sheet, said plate having a recess in its projecting portion extending upwardly to the lower edge of the sheet, the remaining projecting portion of the plate comprising a pair of horizontally aligned tubular members separated by said recess, and a pin pivotally mounted in said tubular members, the portion of said pin between said tubular members being looped downwardly for cooperating engagement with the lower surface of said red when the rod is inserted in said recess for the purpose described.

10. The combination of a filing drawer having alongitudinally extending guide rod positioned in the bottom of the drawer with a spacer sheet mounted in the drawer transversely to the rod, and means cooperatively engaging the sheet with the rod to permit the sheet to be moved longitudinally of said rod and rotated about an axis transverse to the rod, said means comprising a plate member mounted on the lower portion of and projecting beyond the lower edge of the sheet, said plate member having a recess in its lower projecting portion, said project-ing portion forming a pair of. aligned tubular members positioned on opposite sides of said recess, and a pin pivotally mounted in said tubular members, said pin having a downwardly extending loop between said tubular members,

said guide rod positioned between said loop 7 and plate with the loop cooperatively engaging the under surface of the guide rod for the purpose described.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this first day of February A. D., 1930.

FREDERICK L; G. STRAUBEL.

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